We need more RADICAL Christians

Hey David,

I welcome the opportunity to shed light on this controversial subject of Islamic extremist and how we should respond as a nation and individuals.

It would be stupid to go around blaming ALL Muslims for 9/11 and other acts of violence but just because not all Muslims are aware or act on the commands of their leader/book does not mean we should put our heads in the sand and ignore the danger Islam poses. Despite what many leaders (including many of our own) say around the world, Islam is not a religion of peace and if America and other countries continue to ignore their threats, teachings, tactics we will soon become an Islamic nation ourselves, void of the freedoms we now enjoy. Some experts have said within 5 to 7 years Islam will be the dominate religion of the world. Right now in several nations they don't even need violence to spread because the rate at which they propagate far exceeds everyone else.

If that doesn't scare you, look at the nations which are predominately Muslim and research how they treat people of other religions. I'll give you just a few recent examples----

*Nigeria (which the northern part is predominately Muslim), over 500 hundred Christians were SLAUGHTERED this March as the killers shouted Allah.

*A village in Indonesia's Central Maluku province, angry Muslims torched churches, dozens of homes and other properties after a Christian teacher allegedly made comments insulting Islam rights investigators said.

*In Pakistan in 2009 seven innocent Christians die in Punjab province at the hands of angry, violent Muslims.

*Just this June in the same province 250 Christian families were forced to leave their homes after Christians complained that Muslims were sexually assaulting girls and women, most of whom worked in Muslim families.

*Three Iranian Christians face execution. They are being threatened with the death penalty if they do not renounce their Christian faith and revert back to Islam, a network reported Monday, September 13.

David, I could go on and on. Muslims in the U.S. reap the benefits of "freedom of religion" but it will not be the same for other religions if this country is predominately Muslim. I feel for this Islamic housewife who endures hateful stares from Americans. That is not how I would treat her or any other Muslim. But why is it we are concerned about such stories but IGNORE BOLD threats, persecution, and MURDER of Christians around the world by Islamic followers. We need to wake up!!
And though we might commend moderate Muslims who wish it otherwise, the reality is-- we are involved in a conflict that Islamists promise will not cease until a global Islamic head becomes reality and Muslim Sharia law the universal instrument of justice. Refraining from the use of terms like jihadists, radical Islam, Islamic terrorists, or the like does not change the equation. It's war, and we are in it!!

I know I have stated before in blogs some differences between Mohammed and Christ, and the Qur'an and the Bible but the major difference I want to make clear is Islam is a religion based on mans effort to earn salvation/God, and Christianity is based on what God already did to save man. Man can not earn his own way to God nor can man erase his own sins by doing a list of things.

I don't need to make excuses for anything in the Bible. I might not understand everything but I know the Bible is God breathed and reliable above anything else on earth. I will not water it down to make it more acceptable to people nor do I have any interest in being a moderate Christian. I want to be a radical Christian, an extremist. I know Jesus personally and I want to obey Him because I love Him and trust Him (not because I am forced or brainwashed). He says the first and greatest commandment is to love Him and then to love my neighbor as myself. Can you imagine if every Christian was radical for Jesus--taking the Bible literally-forgiving their enemies and not only that--loving them. That is what RADICAL CHRISTIANITY looks like. Believe me, if we all followed what the Bible says (literally) we would have heaven on earth.

There are difficult passages that would be great to skip over but that is not how the Bible works. Take it all or reject it period!!!! If you spend time in God's Word you will realize how the Old Testament and New Testament flow and work together in one continuous story/plan. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The verses on slavery you mentioned are an example of this---you say God is condoning slavery, "just make sure you treat them slaves nicely". If you dig deeper in His Word you will see He is pointing us to the fact that whether we are a slave, free, male, female, persecuted, sick, rich, poor we are HIS. HE is our Master (if we choose Him) and this world has no hold on us (it is not our home). So no matter what your current situation is, work/live as if you are working for HIM. He sees all, He will make all things right. Even Christ Himself came to us as a slave "He made himself nothing, he took the humble position of a SLAVE and appeared in human form" (Philippians 2:7). God does not contradict Himself and the life of Jesus is the best way for us to know God and His nature.

I hate to defend Christ and Christianity by putting down another religion but I grow tired of Mohammed and the Qur'an being compared to Christ and the Bible so let me end by pointing out a few things you might not know. This is what the Qur'an says about contradictions between two scriptures-- the scripture that came later overrides the first scripture written (meaning God changes or is not perfect and needs to correct himself). Mohammed lost both parents, his dad died days before he was born, his mom at the age of six. Later after loosing his grandfather he lived with an uncle. He traveled all over with his uncle thus picking up different belief systems. In his mid twenties he married a woman almost 20 yrs his senior. He could not read or write. The Qur'an is his reciting of revelations given to him (the first of which he thought he was possessed by demons but his wife convinced him otherwise). He never claimed to be divine. He never preformed miracles. He beheaded hundreds of Christians and was known for raping women and children. The negative, violent verses of the Qur'an (that people want us to ignore) were actually written after the peaceful verses thus negating the peaceful verses. The peaceful verses don't add up anyway if you look at the book as a whole and the life of Mohammed (the last and greatest profit from God).

A Christian martyrs say "I will die for what I believe".
A Muslim martyr says; "you will die for what I believe"

Believer in the TRUTH